There are hundreds of Kunstkammer museums around the world with unusual, often shocking exhibits. One of them is in Thailand, in Pattaya to be exact. The bulk of its collection was assembled by the American missionary Ripley.
Museum in Thailand
Ripley Museum in Pattaya is on the third floor of the Royal Garden Plaza, just north of Volkin Street and near Pattaych Beach. On the one hand the museum is very small, with only a few hundred exhibits, but on the other hand…
As you can see, even on the outside the building is unusual. And inside, visitors gaze in amazement at the parachutist hanging from the slings, with the nose of the airplane next to him. As an entertainment for the thrill seekers there is the hot air balloon flight. It’s great to climb to a height of 300 meters!
A huge section of the museum is devoted to a variety of human phobias. Who wants to be scared out of their knees, come on in! Here, in a semi-darkened room, people dressed in the most terrifying way will jump out at you from around the corner. They will kindly turn on a chainsaw or something similar in front of your nose.
Well, if the mere mention of clowns makes you shudder, then you’re in the other wing of the building! There, a moving clown figure will tell you something in English. But be warned, if you are too impressionable, it is better not to go to the fear rooms! Even the decorations at the entrance impress with their creepiness, and what awaits you inside? It’s better not to think about it.
It’s impossible to get lost in the museum, everything here is clearly divided by theme. What are you most interested in, presidents, superheroes of all kinds, horror and sci-fi? Or maybe the heroes of Potteriana? You’ll find them all in the museum without any difficulty. The statues in the Ripley Museum in Pattaya are life-size, very naturalistic. Except that some of the characters have faces made of rubber.
Walking through the halls of the Ripley Museum in Pattaya, pay attention to its floor – you’ll be amazed, it’s so unusual! And the whole time you’re in the halls you can’t help but wonder what monsters and supervillains will appear, hanging from the ceiling.
Besides the bogeymen and movie characters, the museum has more interesting exhibits. Have you ever tried playing the harp? You can be sure you can play the harp here! There are no strings on it, but a photocell is built in. The harp begins to “play” as soon as you run your hand over where the strings should be.
The museum has a huge mammoth skeleton, and there’s a tiny little book, the smallest in the world. It can only be viewed through a magnifying glass.
Another room features figures of the most unusual people. The tallest, the fattest, Siamese twins (by the way, they come from Thailand, because Thailand was formerly called Siam. And there are quite a lot of other unusual people here, too.
If you like optical illusions, the museum will live up to your expectations! There’s an entire room dedicated to them as well.
But what you might find most amusing is the room with the crooked mirrors. One of them is transparent. After you make a lot of fun in front of it, through a rather long corridor you go to another room, where through a large glass you can see the people making fun of the other side of the mirror. That’s the joke.
In a word, come, you certainly won’t regret it!
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